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Overview

The Future of Cinematic, Immersive Mobile Gaming

Neural Dawn is a production-quality Unreal Engine game created by Arm and Sumo Digital to demonstrate what’s possible with Arm Neural Technology on mobile. Combining neural upscaling, denoising, frame generation, Unreal Engine 5.6.1 MegaLights, and ray tracing, Neural Dawn delivers advanced lighting, richer visual storytelling, and new creative possibilities for mobile game development. Read the Neural Dawn announcement blog.

Benefits

Push the Limits of What's Possible on Mobile

Use neural acceleration to deliver high-fidelity graphics and new experiences for players, all while staying within mobile power, thermal, and frame-time limits.

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Unlock Neural Techniques on Mobile

Neural Dawn applies neural techniques such as upscaling and denoising to reduce GPU workload while maintaining visual quality, freeing up performance budget for more complex scenes.

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Improve Gameplay Length and Player Experience

Neural frame generation gives developers the ability to increase frame rates while reducing potential thermal throttling, enabling smoother gameplay and longer battery life.

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Iterate
Faster

Arm Neural Technology enables Unreal Engine MegaLights (UE5.6.1) to run at optimum capacity on mobile, allowing artists to see final lighting instantly. This removes lengthy bake cycles and enables faster, continuous iteration.

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Ship Advanced Graphics

See these techniques working in real time inside Unreal Engine through practical production workflows, demonstrating how developers can deliver richer visual experiences in a real-world environment.

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Integrate Neural Technology into your Pipeline

The same technologies used in Neural Dawn can be evaluated and integrated into your own graphics pipeline today.

Neural Technology Playbook

Discover the role Neural Technology plays in Neural Dawn and evaluate if it’s the right fit for your content.

Learn about real integration patterns, rendering workflows, and performance trade-offs from production.

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Neural Graphics Development Kit


Access Unreal plugins, Vulkan extensions, ML toolkits, and pre-trained models to implement neural rendering features in your own projects.

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Early Access
Program


Get early access to upcoming releases for the Neural Graphics Development Kit. Members can evaluate new technologies, tools, models, and resources before they become generally available.

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Unreal Livestream

MegaLights on Mobile: Pipe Dream or Reality?

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How Arm and Sumo Digital Made It Possible

Watch our on-demand livestream with Epic Games. See how Neural Dawn integrates MegaLights and neural rendering inside Unreal Engine, with breakdowns from Arm and Sumo Digital engineers.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Neural Dawn?

Neural Dawn is a production-quality mobile game built by Sumo Digital and Arm on Unreal Engine 5. It combines Arm Neural Technologies, MegaLights, and mobile ray tracing to deliverdesktop-class visuals within mobile power and thermal constraints. This is the first time Arm has commissioned a production-quality, six-level game with 90 to 120 minutes of gameplay. It’s designed to showcase what’s possible with neural technology on mobile today.

What is Arm Neural Technology, and how does it work in mobile games?

Arm Neural Technologies (NT) — Neural Super Sampling (NSS), Neural Frame Rate Upscaling (NFRU) and Neural Super Sampling and Denoising (NSSD) – are graphics technologies that use machine learning to dramatically reduce the power consumption of high-fidelity graphics on mobile. These technologies will be further accelerated by Neural Accelerators embedded directly in each GPU shader core, which will be available in Arm-based platforms later in 2026. The combination of Neural Technologies and Neural Accelerators will deliver a step-change in mobile graphics, enabling experiences that were previously only possible on desktop and console.

Can I replicate what Sumo Digital did in my own Unreal Engine project?

The best approach is to start small, validate what works in your own content, and expand from there. You can replicate parts of what Sumo built today, especially with NFRU and NSS, which integrate like a typical engine feature and are designed for easy evaluation. The full setup used in the project (specifically NSSD with MegaLights) involves deeper pipeline changes and isn't a plug-and-play solution in Unreal today. In the Neural Technology Playbook, we walk you through our journey with Neural Dawn and share how you can get started.

What performance gains can I expect from Arm Neural Technology?

Developers can achieve up to 50% GPU workload reduction with Neural Super Sampling (NSS), and up to 2x frame rates with Neural Frame Rate Upscaling (NFRU). NFRU also supports sustained gameplay by reducing GPU load and power draw, which helps avoid thermal throttling and keeps frame rates stable for longer.

How do I get access to NFRU and the Neural Graphics Development Kit?

NFRU is available through the Neural Graphics Development Kit. You can access the Neural Graphics Development Kit here.

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